Opportunities

[Nick Waggett]

Hi all

A couple of opportunities that may be of interest to Forum members.

Best wishes, Nick and Stuart.

1) The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is now
recruiting for lay and professional members of the pilot social care
quality standards Topic Expert Group (TEG) on the Health and wellbeing
of looked-after children:
Professional members: http://www.nice.org.uk/getinvolved/joinnwc/MemberLookedAfterChildrenAndYoungPeopleTEG.jsp

We are looking for a range of professionals (providers and
commissioners) at all levels with specialist or particular interest in
the health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people,
drawn from, but not limited to the following:
• Education sector, e.g. designated looked-after children
teachers.
• Health sector, including, but not limited to, primary care
and mental health, e.g. Directors of public health, General
Practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals.
• Local authority children's services with responsibility for
looked-after children and young people services, including leaving
care services.
• Statutory, private and voluntary providers of looked-after
children and young people services including foster care, residential,
housing, justice system, education and workforce training and
specialist services.
• Other local authority and statutory services, private,
voluntary and community services working with looked-after children
and young people.
• Research community, e.g. academic research community.
Applicants will have experience of working with multi-professional or
agency committees or working groups at a national, regional or local
level and will need to work in collaboration with the TEG over a
period of approximately 15 months. Strong interpersonal skills and
excellent verbal and written skills are required. Applicants will
ideally have experience of guidance development processes and/or some
understanding of systematic review processes and methods.

The are also looking for Lay members:
http://www.nice.org.uk/getinvolved/joinnwc/LayMemberLookedAfterChildrenTEG.jsp

(Closing date for both is: 7th December 2011 at 5pm)

2) The Place2Be have asked us to circulate information about a post in
Leeds:

Clinical Area Manager
Leeds
£31,834 p.a.
Full time
Permanent

A new talent is required to oversee and play a key role in the
development of The Place2Be’s therapeutic services across the whole
Leeds area:

• An experienced clinician…
- to nurture the skills of the team of project managers and volunteer
counsellors
- who is familiar with the issues of children in need of emotional and
therapeutic support

• A senior manager…
- to take responsibility for the day to day management of the projects
across the area
- to develop a variety of aspects of our therapeutic services

• An excellent communicator…
- to maintain existing and develop new relationships with stakeholders
in the area
- who will be an enthusiastic and active ambassador of our work

To apply download an application pack from the ‘Work with us’ section
of our website at www.theplace2be.org.uk, or for more information
please call 020 7923 5531 or email at jo...@theplace2be.org.uk.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 21st November 2011.
Interviews: Monday 28th November 2011.